Pierre Paul-Hus at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On June 7th, 2021. See this statement in context.

June 7th, 2021 / 3:45 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Paul-Hus Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Good afternoon, Ms. Hogan.

First, I would say that we all understand that the circumstances were special at the beginning of the COVID‑19 crisis and that means had to be taken to act more quickly. This does not take away the responsibility of the civil service and the government to manage public funds well.

I would like to ask you about paragraph 10.100 of your report, where it says: “We found that the value of the advance payments made in the contracts we examined [...] totalled $618 million.”

Do you agree that the $618 million in advance payments to companies was surely exceeded?

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